WorksheetsCERP 122 Review Quiz (1st sem, 2022-2023)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following is/are used as basis for assessment of agricultural systems according to Gordon Conway?
Equitability
Productivity
Stability
Sustainability
All of the Above
It is created from the trading of carbon emission allowances to encourage or help countries and companies to limit their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, reducing greenhouse gases.
(a)
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Precautionary Principle
Polluter Pays Principle
Tragedy of the Commons
None of the above
The services that the Earth’s ecosystems provide man, such as food and fiber provision, soil fertility, water purification, disease management, climate regulation, spiritual fulfillment, and aesthetic enjoyment.
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Provisioning
Regulating
All of the above
The final product of soil organic matter decomposition.
Clay
Carbon
Humus
Peat
None of the above
Any component of the soil that contains carbon compounds from living organisms.
Compost
Humus
Soil organic matter
Soil inorganic matter
None of the above
Polluter should bear the expense of carrying out the measures “decided by public authorities to ensure that the environment is in an acceptable state”.
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Polluter Pays Principle
Precautionary Principle
Tragedy of the Commons
None of the above
From this work, Gause developed a fundamental concept in community ecology, which states that if two competitors try to occupy the same realized niche, one species will eliminate the other.
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Polluter Pays Principle
Precautionary Principle
Tragedy of the Commons
None of the above
An increase in human population creates an increased strain on limited resources, which jeopardizes sustainability.
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Polluter Pays Principle
Precautionary Principle
Tragedy of the Commons
None of the above
One of the most famous preservationists in U.S. history . A strong advocate for the complete protection of land and believed that people should only use the environment for enjoyment and not as a resource for goods .
Garret Hardin
Gerald Marten
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
None of the above
A leader of the conservation movement. He thought that forest should be managed in a way that enabled human development of the land but also ensured use of the natural resources.
Garret Hardin
Gerald Marten
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
None of the above
He believed that:
People affect ecosystems when they use resources such as water, fish, timber and livestock grazing land. After using materials from ecosystems, people return the materials to ecosystems as waste. People intentionally modify or reorganize existing ecosystems, or create new ones, to better serve their needs.
Garret Hardin
Gerald Marten
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
None of the Above
He is the proponent of the Tragedy of the Commons.
Garret Hardin
Gerald Marten
Gifford Pinchot
John Muir
None of the Above
It states that predation and grazing by higher trophic levels on lower trophic levels ultimately controls ecosystem function.
Bottom-up control
Competition
Predation
Top-down control
None of the Above
Which of the following forest biomes has the most diverse flora?
Boreal
Taiga
Temperate
Tropical
None of the Above
The variation in soil life, from genes to communities, and the variation in soil habitats, from micro-aggregates to entire landscapes.
(a)
An ecosystem designed and managed by humans to produce agricultural goods.
(a)
The decline in soil quality or a reduction in its productivity and environmental regulatory capacity.
(a)
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
(a)
The breakdown of plant material carried out by bacteria and fungi resulting in the release of energy, nutrients, and carbon dioxide.
(a)
A feeding level within a food web.
(a)
It refers to the sustainable utilization of major natural resources, such as land, water, air, minerals, forests, fisheries, and wild flora and fauna.
(a)
It is a holistic and integrative interpretation of those processes, products, orders and meditating factors that regulate natural and human ecosystems at all scales of the earth’s surface and atmosphere.
(a)
Broad geographic zones whose plants and animals are adapted to different climate patterns.
(a)
Some species are so important to an entire ecosystem. Removing or seriously impacting them produces major impacts throughout the ecosystem.
(a)
